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Sonnets

I do a lecture on sonnets themselves. I have attached a PDF of my background lecture.

A sonnet is a 14-line lyric poem with a single theme, originated during the Italian Renaissance and later spread throughout Europe. Usually written in iambic pentameter. Most common themes are romantic love and religion.

There are three formats: Italian (called “Petrarchan”), Spenserian, and English (called “Shakespearean”). The most common are Petrarchan and Shakespearean; Edmund Spenser is the only poet to use the format that bears his name.